Save Ganga Movement

fulfil Ganga Movement Save Ganga Movement is a widespread Gandhian non-violent movement jut out by saints and popular cordial activists across the Indian States Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in support of a free Ganga. The movement is supported by Ganga Seva Abhiyanam, Pune-based National Womens Organisation (NWO) besides those of compositiony a(prenominal) other like-minded organizations and with the moral support from many religious leaders, spiritual and political, scientists, environmentalists, writers and social activists.Ganga Calling Save Ganga is another such campaign supported by Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA) Ganges is the largest and the most sacred river of India with enormous spiritual, cultural, and physical influence. It provides water to nearly 40% of Indias universe in 11 states. It is estimated that the livelihoods of oer 500 million sight in India are dependant upon the river, and that trine of Indias population lives within the Ganges Basin. Despite this magnitude of influence and control by the river over present and future(a) of the country, it is allegedly down the stairs direct threat from various man made and natural environmental issues. taint River Ganges flows through the most thickly populated regions of India passing 29 cities with population over 100,000, 23 cities with population betwixt 50,000 and 100,000, and about 48 towns. A levelheaded proportion of the effluents in Ganges are caused by this population through domestic help usage like bathing, laundry and earth defecation.Countless tanneries, chemical plants, textile mills, distilleries, slaughterhouses, and hospitals contri barelye to the pollution of the Ganges by dumping untreated toxic and non-biodegradable waste into it. It is this sheer mickle of pollutants released into the river every day that are causing irreparable damage to the ecosystem and contributing to momentous sanitation issues. Dams Built in 1854 during the British coloniz ation of India, the Haridwar dam has led to rot of the Ganges by greatly lessen the flow of the river.The Farakka Barrage was built in the first place to divert fresh water into the Bhagirathi River but has since caused an increase of salinity in the Ganges, having a damaging effect on the demonstrate water and soil along the river. 4 away from this, Bangladesh and India faced major tensions due to this barrage. The judicature of India planned about 300 dams on the Ganges in the near future and the tributaries despite a government-commissioned green impanel report that has recommended scrapping 34 of the dams citing environmental concerns.